Age of Empires IV

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 473 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 339 out of 473
  2. Mixed: 58 out of 473
  3. Negative: 76 out of 473
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  1. Talkys
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Very very empty. The graphics, campaign and new mechanics are good, but we don't have many civs, don't have scenario editor and don't have a good history tab.
  2. Bavari1990
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    A year after it's release on PC somehow Relic Entertainment & World's Edge managed to port this game on Xbox Systems and it's amazing, you are in full control of your army and it doesn't feel weird using the controller at all, I couldn't recommend it enough.
  3. zmija1
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    very bad graphic browser like men not visual good slow responsive screen units ,not recommended an multiplyer no players at all
  4. Luiszxc
    Sep 1, 2023
    10
    It's actually great AOE. Love the historic campaign so far. It feels like direct upgrade and mix of aoe2+aoe3 and also it feels a bit like stronghold. It just needs some more work (and some stuff is really missing like player scores ingame, minimap filters and many other features should be added) so I hope it will get frequent updates and I can't wait for the mods and hopefully, in time,It's actually great AOE. Love the historic campaign so far. It feels like direct upgrade and mix of aoe2+aoe3 and also it feels a bit like stronghold. It just needs some more work (and some stuff is really missing like player scores ingame, minimap filters and many other features should be added) so I hope it will get frequent updates and I can't wait for the mods and hopefully, in time, multiplayer will be as successful as in aoe2… Expand
  5. Ezio1459
    Sep 1, 2023
    10
    微软牛逼，总是愿意花钱在不挣钱的领域，这么多年总算解决了一个问题，士兵可以登上城墙了！
  6. Gilchristion
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    Not even 1 tenth of the game of its predecessors and not engaging. Just get anything else or one of the older games in the series this one isnt it.
  7. DzmitryBoston
    Aug 5, 2023
    9
    Great! Great! Great! historical videos, stories, and gameplay! Wow. Such a nice RTS. BUT sometimes AI is just horrible. In any case, I am just glad that I decided to take a break from consoles and play this game. Extremely recommended.
  8. Harthik69
    Jul 9, 2023
    9
    Nice Game. Would love to play again in future. Good Graphics and mechanics!!!
  9. Crazygame
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    This is really great real time strategy game, Especially all countries have different specialty and you can feel good this when you're playing different countries.
  10. erfunfazli
    Apr 17, 2023
    8
    Historical narrating is really good as a person who loves history I really liked that.
    After some years now we have a real time strategic Game with a good and cooked graphics.
    It has an acceptable gameplay, differences between factions are good.
    This game reminds me age of mythology.
  11. Lupercal_XVI
    Mar 25, 2023
    0
    Horrid cartoon art style and graphics with exaggerated proportions and low detail models. Probably because this pile of dog water is coming to consoles.

    Story missions should have been like previous games instead of this pseudo documentary immersion breaking format. MP is a wall/cannon spam fest with some maps too big for any sort of early skirmishes and now there even seems to be    Horrid cartoon art style and graphics with exaggerated proportions and low detail models. Probably because this pile of dog water is coming to consoles.

    Story missions should have been like previous games instead of this pseudo documentary immersion breaking format.

    MP is a wall/cannon spam fest with some maps too big for any sort of early skirmishes and now there even seems to be resource hacks.

    But what would you expect from lelic the team that destroyed DoW....    … Expand
  12. CnPx98
    Feb 9, 2023
    10
    The best AOE to date. I really enjoyed how the added a campaign that was not only a great story but a real one aswell.
    The game overall plays well with no issues. The improvements they made over previous installments were all good ones.
    Really glad this series still gets attention after 25 years!
  13. RetroGameCO
    Jan 31, 2023
    10
    Me encanto el juego, de lo mejor que hay en juegos de estrategia en tiempo real
  14. Voodoo123
    Dec 11, 2022
    8
    Solid classic RTS with a fascinating documentary wrapped into the campaign interwoven as each new mission starts. The gameplay is addictive if a little repetitive over longer sessions of play.
  15. ustunab
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    Story with real-world cutscene design is really good. Gameplay a bit messy but ok for me. Looking for console release.
  16. darkshaol1n
    Oct 4, 2022
    10
    I love the game. After over 200 hours it still makes fun. The AI is much better than in AoE2 and it is easier to focus on troop movements and strategies for casular gamers. I like the graphics, the nations and the single player campaigns are also very nice with a lot of content and education. There are not too many nations, but it takes a while until you master only one of them. I canI love the game. After over 200 hours it still makes fun. The AI is much better than in AoE2 and it is easier to focus on troop movements and strategies for casular gamers. I like the graphics, the nations and the single player campaigns are also very nice with a lot of content and education. There are not too many nations, but it takes a while until you master only one of them. I can fully recommend and am looking forward to the continous improvements and additional content.… Expand
  17. MooiWeer
    Sep 30, 2022
    8
    It's age of empires III in a more modern and more balanced jacket, with interesting game-changers and a full team of developers, analysts and players playing the game for balance updates, which is great. The ladder is a good feature. The win conditions with landmarks is a fantastic change. Vision and hill usage is great, and in single player everything is well-explained and clear, asIt's age of empires III in a more modern and more balanced jacket, with interesting game-changers and a full team of developers, analysts and players playing the game for balance updates, which is great. The ladder is a good feature. The win conditions with landmarks is a fantastic change. Vision and hill usage is great, and in single player everything is well-explained and clear, as opposed to AOE2, where you had to Google and watch YouTube videos to find out specific "game features". Being able to stand on walls is so logical and thankfully it's in there. Real Sim City vibes, I love it. It's game pace is much quicker (games can easily be won after 10-15 mins).

    However, after launch age of empires 4 started the game started off as rather clunky in gameplay and pathing, luckily most is fixed now. What remains rediculous is that arrows can't miss their target and will follow a unit anywhere once it's shot by a Town Center or archer. Lastly, the civilizations are so different, they are hard to learn and you see many one-trick pony's in the game. On the contrary, single player does learn you some civs. Single player should have included every civ, however, it feels a bit empty, short, quick to play fully.    … Expand
  18. Marinusf
    Sep 3, 2022
    7
    Gameplay wise and graphics wise nothing too special. It's just a more modern version of AOE2. Overall the game lacks a UI that immerses you into the game. It looks too modern. Gameplay-wise they added some new features but these are also not really groundbreaking.
  19. Nikita_Myshov
    Aug 2, 2022
    4
    A big request to make the Russian voice-over for the game, as it is very inconvenient to read the subtitles, as I'm visually impaired.
  20. Lumpendoktor
    Jul 31, 2022
    2
    Graphic:
    I personally don't think the proportions are right. The hotkey menu with epoch-sorted buildings takes a lot of getting used to. I found the division into civil and military from the old predecessor to be considerably more convenient - especially with the new hotkeys in the DE.
    The graphic style is way too comical. The gold looks weird, the stones are kinda weird. However, I    Graphic:
    I personally don't think the proportions are right. The hotkey menu with epoch-sorted buildings takes a lot of getting used to. I found the division into civil and military from the old predecessor to be considerably more convenient - especially with the new hotkeys in the DE.
    The graphic style is way too comical. The gold looks weird, the stones are kinda weird. However, I think fields, buildings, forests and most units are okay. The animations are all very smart too.
    What surprises me:
    There are no race-specific differences between the camps. And they also don't change their appearance when epoch advancement - why?
    The mill in AoE II is derived from a donkey mill to a windmill. I thought that was very nice.
    In addition, the buildings were mostly race-specific - here, as I said: not.

    Audio Creation:
    Very clever, little criticism. Except that the fields burn for too long and the noise really gets on my nerves.

    Cards:
    The map selection looks spartan. The cards that are there are playable.Example Black Forest - today's "Dark Forest":
    Yes, we were used to having - to use MOBA jargon - lanes to the enemy. These are almost still there. The problem is that they are built like labyrinths. Far too probable, with no natural expression. One could also say: They are rigid. Sometimes the lane has a perfect right angle. There are hardly any curves or bulges. And exactly in the middle there are two clearings, each with a holy place.
    Yes, of course: balance-technically definitely understandable. Only: Isn't it that the cards are SO obvious?
    Why should I play with a face down card? Seriously: I don't discover anything new anyway. If you know one, you know them all. Yes, the resources are slightly different from time to time. But the maps always have the same structure.
    AI:
    Well, I'm a PvE player, so I often play AI vs AI. For me, AoE simply means playing a round in peace to switch off your head and just do something else instead of studying/work and so on. It's my - yes, even if AoE is the most hectic RTS in the world next to StarCraft - resting place.
    Admittedly, the enemy AI !can! be demanding. So far I've played on hard and very hard and I did have my problems at first - I guess it was the warming up though. All in all, the AI ​​is okay as an enemy.
    As an ally, however? Absolute crap!
    Just played a round of Black Forest with the Chinese. Because you can build quite a lot of landmarks as a Chinese, you need a relatively large amount of space. And so that the tax collectors can collect money, it would be nice if you could somehow get your buildings close together.
    The planning itself also worked. Until my ally, for reasons I couldn't understand, came up with the bright idea "Hey! I'll build a second base. In my ally's base! And grab their berries. And their rocks. And their gold!" - Yes! That's what the AI ​​did in AoE II too.
    And in principle I have no problem with stealing resources. Had my ally been in distress it would have spread to me to rebuild - no problem, total understanding. Because I was calm and able to defend him - !in front of the enemy base! - there was no reason to nest with me. There was no reason to pave his fort IN THE CENTER of my village, or put two mills next to my berries, that I didn't even have the option to plant my mill fields because his mills were in the way.
    In AoE II: No Thing - Onager out, click ax icon, demolish ally's buildings.
    Alternatively in the Definitive Edition: Chat on, 69, pling on the building. "Tear down the building at this position" - Römms - done.
    This allowed you to control the AI ​​a little, especially in the Definitive Edition. That worked great.
    Guess what's not possible in AoE IV.

    1. Use onagers to correct such stupid construction errors
    2. Give orders to the AI ​​via chat.
    God knows if the AI ​​even notices plings. Because while the AI ​​in AoE II always reacted in the chat ("A little wood please" - "Right away, sire!" *Palim* 100/1000 wood came as a tribute, or "Attack the enemy from this position" - "It can I'm not, sire"), the AI ​​doesn't react at all.
    In AoE III - what mmn. was also a flop - at least the AI ​​had some character by taunting the player. But she doesn't do that anymore either.
    She is there. There is no option to interact with her. She is just there.
    Minus point to the power of 10!
    But since I can only complain about the ally AI, I will return to AoE II here as well.

    Campaign:
    Documentaries are nice. They are fun and I read a lot of texts from the story section in AoE II as well.
    Personally, I think it's okay that you unlock short documentaries with every mission - even if I think that the videos should be available from the start via a "story" section.
    But: When I play a campaign, I actually expect - preferably historically accurate - that the story is told either from the point of view of a soldier through cutscenes, as in AoE II from the heroic point of view.    … Expand
  21. Voyagerx
    Jul 24, 2022
    10
    Great skill based game! Only your skill matters here. Instead of developing a character in an RPG by leveling up YOU develop yourself from time to time. There is always a good reason why you lost the last game. Learn from every lost game, don't repeat the mistakes you made and you will be a high elo player very soon.

    Don't believe what others say, game is balanced as it is. You need to    Great skill based game! Only your skill matters here. Instead of developing a character in an RPG by leveling up YOU develop yourself from time to time. There is always a good reason why you lost the last game. Learn from every lost game, don't repeat the mistakes you made and you will be a high elo player very soon.

    Don't believe what others say, game is balanced as it is. You need to be at least Top 1% to notice balance issues. Like I said, only your skill depends.

    A former Master SC2 player    … Expand
  22. Moglebaum
    Jul 6, 2022
    9
    The biggest negative about this game is the community constantly complaining about bugs and missing features. The game itself is extremely rewarding and feels completely different whether you play 1v1, 2v2 or even 4v4. Coop-Teamplay is amazing and with Season 2, this game will be anough polished for all players to give it a try or come back to it. If you fix this, 10 / 10 stars.

    There    The biggest negative about this game is the community constantly complaining about bugs and missing features. The game itself is extremely rewarding and feels completely different whether you play 1v1, 2v2 or even 4v4. Coop-Teamplay is amazing and with Season 2, this game will be anough polished for all players to give it a try or come back to it. If you fix this, 10 / 10 stars.

    There is just one thing I want the devs to take care of: If you target an enemy siege unit, your units will run in and target only this unit with their semi-long-range torches, that's perfect unit control. But if you attack move on a single archer with your knights, they will circle and circle around the enemy and die, because that archer is not to reach. What you need to do is: Attack move the ground in front of the archers and never click on a single enemy to attack move. This is a noob killer, and the attack move should work differently. Even a single right-click on an enemy should not cause this problem.    … Expand
  23. GutiOut
    May 3, 2022
    3
    (+) graphics and performance.
    (-) micro, FOV, hotkeys, number of civilizations and campaigns.

    It is a 2021 game and this has to be considered. Just talking about the multiplayer, it's not that bad, but far from being an improvement to the saga. The II: DE is still the best option by far.
    AOE I (1997) : 6/10
    AOE II (1999) : 10/10
    AOE III (2005): 3/10
    AOE IV (2021): 4/10
  24. theirrelephants
    Mar 26, 2022
    4
    Over a decade of waiting for another title inferior to Age of Empires 2. Hell, age of empires 3 had BETTER graphics than this.

    Bravo, Microsoft.
  25. S1l3ntr1v3r
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    this game hasn't a soul, there is no atmosphere what makes it **** boring the games of ensemble studios were/are much more fun
  26. CRCMismatch
    Feb 12, 2022
    4
    Beginning with the good parts:
    - They've brought back the good old "medieval" timeset.
    - The investment in historical research is noticeable, and the story-telling aspect is the best ever seen. - Game seems overall balanced, while being fun at the same time - good for newcomers to Age of Empires. For the bad parts: - It shouldn't be called Age of Empires, as it departs completely    Beginning with the good parts:
    - They've brought back the good old "medieval" timeset.
    - The investment in historical research is noticeable, and the story-telling aspect is the best ever seen.
    - Game seems overall balanced, while being fun at the same time - good for newcomers to Age of Empires.

    For the bad parts:
    - It shouldn't be called Age of Empires, as it departs completely from the series main mechanics.
    - The "astounding" new graphics are on par with Stronghold 2, literally Age of Empires 3 (original one, not even DE) had better graphics.
    - If you're an avid AoE series fan, used to micromanagement and low-level field strategies, this is not the game for you (it's basically only combat-chain, you can't even dodge projectiles...)
    - The overall UI and hotkeys are a complete backstep, more akin to Company of Heroes than Age of Empires.    … Expand
  27. ShaMana
    Feb 2, 2022
    9
    I am very impressed and incredibly happy with the title. Note, while not incredibly competitive, I LOVE the single player content. It reminds me of the good times 20 years ago. Well bloody done people
  28. fruittwist
    Jan 24, 2022
    3
    Просто натянули модельки на AoE II, для меня откровенная загадка как четвертая часть умудряется выглядеть хуже чем 3, специально только скачал 3 Def edition, графика ЛУЧШЕ, реально лучше. Как же нелепо выглядит когда 100 лучников подходит к дому и начинают се синхронно стрелять в центр здания, просто отвратительно, не понимаю за что такая хорошая оценка, видимо это тот случай когда наПросто натянули модельки на AoE II, для меня откровенная загадка как четвертая часть умудряется выглядеть хуже чем 3, специально только скачал 3 Def edition, графика ЛУЧШЕ, реально лучше. Как же нелепо выглядит когда 100 лучников подходит к дому и начинают се синхронно стрелять в центр здания, просто отвратительно, не понимаю за что такая хорошая оценка, видимо это тот случай когда на безрыбье и AoE 4 нормальная стратегия. Имхо неиграбельно, лучше предыдущие части. Ах да, еще очень интересное разделение по цивилизациям, русские орки в четвертой эпохе даже пушек не имеют, только требушеты строят, и когда английский флот приплывает на огромных кораблях с пушками, у нас лодки как в викингов и лучники.… Expand
  29. NachoSlayer
    Jan 12, 2022
    9
    people complaining about graphics being too low in an RTS do not know how an RTS works. Try loading in a big frigging army and see if your FPS survives. Performance > your units looking like a diva.

    Game runs nice, Civs feel unique and you actually learn something if you want to as you unlock documentaries they recorded for this game. If you are one of those nerds like me that read the    people complaining about graphics being too low in an RTS do not know how an RTS works. Try loading in a big frigging army and see if your FPS survives. Performance > your units looking like a diva.

    Game runs nice, Civs feel unique and you actually learn something if you want to as you unlock documentaries they recorded for this game. If you are one of those nerds like me that read the descriptions in Age of Mythology you will greatly appreciate this.

    I would give this game a higher score, but it did have some, albeit not directly game breaking, bugs that show up now and then at launch in some of their campaign missions. It also misses some features at launch like saving your game in multiplayer or pausing the game in multiplayer when you need to take a leak while playing with a friend.

    If you care about gameplay and think performance and skill matter more over your buildings and units wearing a nice and fancy pixel dress this game is for you.

    If you'd rather look like a sparkling princess, play the games those 0/10 reviewers are playing.    … Expand
  30. Swat7
    Jan 11, 2022
    9
    nothing but fun all day the gameplay refreshed the story intresting so much videos and storytelling of history. so many unlocks to keep playing each era of history has so many story missions. building building units upgrades are so simple to use
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81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 85 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 85
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 85
  3. Negative: 0 out of 85
  1. Riot Pixels
    Feb 23, 2022
    70
    Age of Empires 4 is based on a solid foundation created way back during the last millennium, but it suffers from a plethora of annoying little flaws and drawbacks. Some of them will be fixed with patches and maybe future DLCs, if we’re lucky, but even then, it’s a far cry from the stellar Age of Empires 2.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 18, 2022
    80
    A very decent sequel of a great series that builds up on its legacy rather than dramatically changing it. Enjoy eight very different experiences for each playable nation as you go through their most significant historical periods in great detail.
  3. Gaming Nexus
    Jan 27, 2022
    88
    A solid campaign and endless customization for single-player, co-op and online play, Age of Empires IV deserves a ton of credit for making turn-based strategy a treat to play.
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